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It's Christmas Eve 1971 in Manhattan's Greenwich Village and the regulars of the local gay bar "The Blue Jay" are celebrating. Not much has changed since Stonewall and its not all "Peace on Earth. Good Will to Men" but the times are a changin.

On Christmas Eve in New York City, a gay bar called the Blue Jay is decorated for the holidays as regulars and new customers come and go, while employees such as Sadie Holzer and Helen, nicknamed "Mildred Pierce," happily anticipate the evening. Chemical engineer Barrett Hartman, whose wife has seen a matchbook her husband took from the Blue Jay and struck him, tries to tell his young, Swiss-born lover, Michel Mireaux that they must break up. Wealthy manufacturer Marvin Hocker comes into the bar with Jim Paine, his straight companion, a hustler with whom he plans to leave for Europe the next day. Meanwhile, faded, middle-aged blonde Lita Joyce arrives with a group of young men. When she sees Scott, a gay airline pilot with whom she once had an affair, she seethes over the fact that Scott prefers the attentions of young commercial artist Terry Nabour. After Jim becomes disgusted by the homosexuals at the bar, he asks Karen to dance, not realizing that Karen is actually a transvestite named Harry. When Jim finally discovers Karen's true identity, he flies into a rage and pummels him, after which the police arrive and force Jim to leave the bar. Meanwhile, in retaliation for Scott's lack of interest in her, Lita has secretly called Terry's mother and invited her to join him at the bar. When Terry's mother arrives and realizes that he is gay, she chastises him, says he is "dead" to her, then leaves. As Terry is consoled by Scott, Barrett leaves the bar to return to his wife, causing Michel to drink himself unconscious. Later, Barrett changes his mind and returns to the Blue Jay but by that time the bar has closed and Barrett sadly turns away, not knowing that Michel is still inside.